Stacker



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D. G. WOODWORTI-I.

STAOKER.

No. 366,443. Patented July 12, 1887.

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No. 366,443. Patented July 12,}887.

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DAVID G. \VOOD\VORT H, OF LARKIN, KANSAS.

STACKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 366,443, dated July 12, 1887.

Application filed April 20, 1887. Serial No. 235,477.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DAVID G. WooDwoR'rH, of Larkin, in the county of Atchison and State of Kansas, have invented a new and Improved Stacker, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved stacker which is simple in construction and very effective in operation.

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of certain parts and details and combinations of the same, as will be fully described hereinafter, and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation of my improvement on the line a m of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan View of the same; and Fig. 4 is an enlarged plan view of part of the slat belts,with part in section.

The frame A, of suitable size, is provided with the base 13, from which extend upward the inclined beams 0. supported by suitable posts, D, and braces E. On the posts D is pivoted the discharging-rake F, consisting of the rakefingers F, secured to the cross-beams F and F", of which the latter is secured to the arms F, fulcrumed on the said posts D, and held in position by the ropes or chains G, secured to the said arms F and the posts D.

On the lower cross-beam, F, is secured a slat belt or apron, H, consisting of the ropes or chains H, secured to the said cross-beam, and of the cross-slats H secured to the chains or ropes at suitable intervals.

The outer cross-slat is secured by a staple or other means to the arms I, hinged to the rods J, abutting against the base B with their inner ends, and resting with the hinged arms I, when receiving a load, on the ground. Near each outer end of the lower crossbeam, F are also secured the ends of the ropes or chains K, which pass loosely through apertures or rings on the cross-slats II of the slat belt H, and then pass upward and over pulleys or sleeves L, held on the cross-beam O, uniting the top ends of the inclined beams O.

(No modeLl The ends of the ropes K are then secured to a chain or rope, N, connected with a delivery-rake, O, of any approved construction, and operated by horse-power or other means.

The operation is as follows: In the position shown in Fig. 1 the stacker is ready to receive a load of hay or other material to be stacked, and which is gathered by the rake O and delivered onto that part of the slat belt H resting on the ground. As soon as a sufficient load is placed on the slat belt H the rope or chain N is pulled by any suitable means in the direction of the arrow a, whereby the hinged arms I are swung upward, thus holding the material in place on the slat belt H. The rods J are then swung upward on the further movement of the rope N, and finally the entire slat belt H encircles the material, which is thus pulled upward onto the rake F, which is then caused by the pull on the rope N to turn on its pivot and swing into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, thus dumping the load onto the stack a good distance off the rear end of the stacker. After the dumping of the load is accomplished, then the rake F is swung to its former position and the rope N is slacked up, whereby the slat belt H returns to its former position. -The rods J, abutting against the base B, hold the hinged arms and the horizontal slats in position when the load is dumped on the lower part of the slat belt H by the fork 0.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. In a stacker, the combination, with an inclined frame, of a discharging-rake pivoted on the said frame, a slat belt hung with one end 011 the said rake, and means, substantially as described, for operating the said slat belt, as set forth.

2. In a stacker, the combination, with an inclined frame, of a discharging-rake pivoted on the said frame, a slat belt secured with one end on the said rake, arms seen red to the outer cross-beam of the slut belt, and rods hinged to the said arms, substantially as shown and described.

3. In a stacker, the combination, with a pivoted dischargingrake, of a slat belt secured with one end in the said rake, arms secured to the outer cross-beam of the said slat belt,

2 K v V 366,443 r rods hinged to the said arms, ropes or chains secured to the said rake. and passing through the cross-beams of the said slat belts, and means, as described, for operating the said ropes or chains, as set forth,

4. In a hay-stacker, the combination, with a pivoted discharging-rake and means for limiting the swinging motion of the said rake, of aslat-belt secured with one end to the said rake, arms secured to the outer cross-beams of the said slat belt, rods hinged on the said arms, ropes orchains secured with one end to the said discharging-rake and passing loosely through the cross-beams of the slat belts, and pulleys held above the said pivoted discharg I 5 ing-rake, and over which pass the said ropes of chains, substantially as shown and described.

DAVID G. VVOODVVORTH.

Witnesses:

BELL STEWARD, JAMES L. SMITH. 

